Dance was very important to the Greeks. Some dances were for men, and others were for women. Over 200 dances were performed by the Greeks. Dancers were accompanied by lyres, flutes, and percussion instruments.The Greeks created many stories. Aesop's Fables were written by an Ancient Greek story teller.
The Greeks had many religious festivals, some of these are: · Cronia - harvest festival · Panathenaea - festival in honor Athena · Great mysteries of Eleusis - 11 days · Apatouries - festival in honor of Athena an Zeus · Pyanepsies - Apollo · Thesmophories - Demeter · Oschophories - Dionysus and Athena · Kalkeia - Athena and Hephaetus · Italoa - Demeter and Dionysus · Rural Dionysian festival · Lenaea - festival in honor of Dionysus · Anthesteries - festival in honor of Dionysus and the dead · Minor mysteries of Eleusis · Diasies - festival in honor of Zeus · Chloia 0 Demete · Procharisteria - Athena · Great Dionysia - 6 days · Targelies - Apollo or Demeter · Thalysies - Demeter and Cora · Skira - Demeter and Cora · Dipolies-Bouphonies - Zeus · Arrtophoria - Athena and Aphrodite
Additional Entertainment
· Agora (marketplace) The marketplace was for men. Young boys and women were not allowed to come until the afternoon. This large space of about 100 by 200 meters heldbarbershops, bathhouses, perfume vendors, drinking establishments, and brothels.
· Gymnasia (gym) The gymnasia was a large exercise yard surrounded by changing rooms, practice rooms, and baths. The Greeks wanted healthy bodies. Due to this they spent a good portion of each day exercising in the gym. Wrestling, boxing, and javelin and discus throwing were enjoyed sports. Athletes wore no clothes while exercising. They oiled or dusted their bodies before and after exercising.
The Greek diet consisted of foods that were easily raised in the rocky terrain of Greece. Breakfast was eaten just after sunrise and the food they usually ate consisted of bread dipped in wine. Lunch was again usually bread dipped in wine along with some olives, figs, cheese or dried fish. Supper was the main meal of each day. It was eaten near sunset. It mostly consisted of vegetables, fruit, fish, and possibly honey cakes. Sugar was unknown to anient Greeks, so natural honey was used as a sweetener.
SPORTS Sports played a big role in keeping Egyptians entertained in Ancient times. Unlike modern times how sport involved winning, Greeks would turn up to the sport trying to kill their rivals as a show of a political statement. The battles were normally between two men from different cities. It wasn't uncommon for the loser to die in battle. While in the modern times we separate the Olympics into 2 sections, Winter and Summer, the Greeks had 4 different Olympics every year. Unfortunately they didn't hand out any gold medals to those that survived nor did the athletes wear any clothes
In this photo:
An ancient Greek war helmet
Greek womens shoes known now as gladiator shoes
Robes wore by Greek people
An ancient greek man in his war clothes
To men fighting at the olympics in their uniforms
Statues were commonly made to entertain the greeks
Another man in his greek war clothes
An ancient greek women in her gown
Another statue made to entertain the greeks
CLOTHING: Colours of women's clothing played a very big role in Ancient Greek women's fashion. Different colours represented different things. An example of this is a dark veil is the sign of mourning. Some common colours used were green grey and violet. Fashion was always changing and in Ancient Greece it did. The colours of clothing became brighter, new styles developed, clothing became more complex and more detailed. The Greeks wore light and loose clothing because the weather was very hot for allot of the year. The Greeks wore colourful and long pieces of fabric . The main piece of clothing that men wore was a Chiton ( tunic). They were large squares of cloth that were help up in place with pins and a belt. Women also wore clothing that was made of big squares of linen or wool. But their dresses went down to their ankles instead of knees. The ancient Greeks could buy their clothing and materials to make their clothing in the agora, the marketplace. Things from here were very expensive though. Allot of the clothing was made by female slave and women. In the colder weather people wore cloaks. Most to the Greeks wore barefoot. If they wanted to wear shoes, they would wear leather sandals or boots. Hairstyles for ancient Greeks was curled and arranged in interesting and careful designs. Their hair was held in place with lotions and scented waxes. Women had long hair and they kept in braids and arranged their hair on the top of their head or wore it in a ponytail. Headbands were very popular.
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Dance was very important to the Greeks. Some dances were for men, and others were for women. Over 200 dances were performed by the Greeks. Dancers were accompanied by lyres, flutes, and percussion instruments.The Greeks created many stories. Aesop's Fables were written by an Ancient Greek story teller.The Greeks had many religious festivals, some of these are:
· Cronia - harvest festival
· Panathenaea - festival in honor Athena
· Great mysteries of Eleusis - 11 days
· Apatouries - festival in honor of Athena an Zeus
· Pyanepsies - Apollo
· Thesmophories - Demeter
· Oschophories - Dionysus and Athena
· Kalkeia - Athena and Hephaetus
· Italoa - Demeter and Dionysus
· Rural Dionysian festival
· Lenaea - festival in honor of Dionysus
· Anthesteries - festival in honor of Dionysus and the dead
· Minor mysteries of Eleusis
· Diasies - festival in honor of Zeus
· Chloia 0 Demete
· Procharisteria - Athena
· Great Dionysia - 6 days
· Targelies - Apollo or Demeter
· Thalysies - Demeter and Cora
· Skira - Demeter and Cora
· Dipolies-Bouphonies - Zeus
· Arrtophoria - Athena and Aphrodite
Additional Entertainment
· Agora (marketplace) The marketplace was for men. Young boys and women were not allowed to come until the afternoon. This large space of about 100 by 200 meters heldbarbershops, bathhouses, perfume vendors, drinking establishments, and brothels.
· Gymnasia (gym) The gymnasia was a large exercise yard surrounded by changing rooms, practice rooms, and baths. The Greeks wanted healthy bodies. Due to this they spent a good portion of each day exercising in the gym. Wrestling, boxing, and javelin and discus throwing were enjoyed sports. Athletes wore no clothes while exercising. They oiled or dusted their bodies before and after exercising.
The Greek diet consisted of foods that were easily raised in the rocky terrain of Greece. Breakfast was eaten just after sunrise and the food they usually ate consisted of bread dipped in wine. Lunch was again usually bread dipped in wine along with some olives, figs, cheese or dried fish.
Supper was the main meal of each day. It was eaten near sunset. It mostly consisted of vegetables, fruit, fish, and possibly honey cakes. Sugar was unknown to anient Greeks, so natural honey was used as a sweetener.
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SPORTS
Sports played a big role in keeping Egyptians entertained in Ancient times. Unlike modern times how sport involved winning, Greeks would turn up to the sport trying to kill their rivals as a show of a political statement. The battles were normally between two men from different cities. It wasn't uncommon for the loser to die in battle. While in the modern times we separate the Olympics into 2 sections, Winter and Summer, the Greeks had 4 different Olympics every year. Unfortunately they didn't hand out any gold medals to those that survived nor did the athletes wear any clothes
In this photo:
An ancient Greek war helmetGreek womens shoes known now as gladiator shoes
Robes wore by Greek people
An ancient greek man in his war clothes
To men fighting at the olympics in their uniforms
Statues were commonly made to entertain the greeks
Another man in his greek war clothes
An ancient greek women in her gown
Another statue made to entertain the greeks
CLOTHING:
Colours of women's clothing played a very big role in Ancient Greek women's fashion. Different colours represented different things. An example of this is a dark veil is the sign of mourning. Some common colours used were green grey and violet. Fashion was always changing and in Ancient Greece it did. The colours of clothing became brighter, new styles developed, clothing became more complex and more detailed.
The Greeks wore light and loose clothing because the weather was very hot for allot of the year. The Greeks wore colourful and long pieces of fabric .
The main piece of clothing that men wore was a Chiton ( tunic). They were large squares of cloth that were help up in place with pins and a belt. Women also wore clothing that was made of big squares of linen or wool. But their dresses went down to their ankles instead of knees.
The ancient Greeks could buy their clothing and materials to make their clothing in the agora, the marketplace. Things from here were very expensive though. Allot of the clothing was made by female slave and women.
In the colder weather people wore cloaks. Most to the Greeks wore barefoot. If they wanted to wear shoes, they would wear leather sandals or boots.
Hairstyles for ancient Greeks was curled and arranged in interesting and careful designs. Their hair was held in place with lotions and scented waxes. Women had long hair and they kept in braids and arranged their hair on the top of their head or wore it in a ponytail. Headbands were very popular.